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"Wilderness in National Parks casts light on the complicated relationship between the National Park Service and its policy goals of wilderness preservation and recreation. By examining the overlapping and sometimes contradictory responsibilities of the Park Service and the National Wilderness P...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miles, John C., 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Wilderness areas > United States.
National parks and reserves > United States.
Nature conservation > United States.
Parcs nationaux > États-Unis.
Nature > Conservation > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
National parks and reserves
Nature conservation
Wilderness areas
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Wilderness and the origins of National Parks
  • Wilderness and the new agency
  • Wilderness becomes an issue for the Park Service
  • Preservation of the primeval in the Post-Mather Era
  • More ferment and expansion
  • From the war to Director Wirth
  • The drive for a wilderness act
  • A hesitant start at implementation
  • Wilderness reviews reluctantly completed
  • Wilderness in Alaska
  • A new sort of National Park wilderness
  • Park wilderness after the reviews
  • The work continues
  • Epilogue.

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